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Focus Description:
The performer unfolds a beautiful drapery approximately 6 x 8 feet (1,8 x 2,4 m). The assistant, standing to the left of the illusionist, takes hold of the upper left corner of the fabric and pulls it tight, unfolding the drapery between the illusionist and himself. At the command of the illusionist, the assistant wraps himself in drapery, and in such a way that his body is tightly covered with fabric. The performer walks around the resulting "mummy" and takes the free end of the fabric and unwinds the fabric. The drapery falls to the floor, and to everyone's surprise, not a man, but a beautiful girl appears in front of the hall!
Focus secret:
A. You only need 6 x 8 feet (1,8 x 2,4 m) drapery fabric for staging. If you will demonstrate it at home, you can use a blanket or sheet. However, it is desirable to use an opaque, decorative fabric on the stage.
This version of the mummy is set out in relation to the performance that you will arrange at home. Choose a room for this, the door to which is located approximately in the middle of the free wall. The girl should hide in the adjacent room to the right of this door. The assistant, who, by the way, should be about the same height as the girl, will stand on your left with a cloth thrown over his arm. The spectators are positioned in front of you so that you can cover the doorway with an unfolded cloth when the assistant lifts it and tightens it, as indicated in step 1 below.
The top hat is you; letter "G" - girl; letter "A" - assistant.
1. Take the fabric and start turning it to the left. The assistant takes the upper left corner and stretches the fabric between you, as shown in the picture. You should position yourself so that the doorway is exactly behind the center of the stretched fabric. In addition, make sure that the bottom edge of the fabric is on the floor.
2. As soon as you and your assistant have stretched the fabric, the girl leaves her hiding place and stands behind the resulting screen.
3. Stages 3 and 4 are the main secret movements in this performance. At your command, the assistant steps over the left edge of the fabric, hiding behind it. As you move it, you must keep the fabric taut.
4. As soon as the assistant has disappeared from the field of view of the public behind the cloth, the girl takes a new position between the assistant and the cloth. The assistant makes room for her by extending her left hand, which is holding the cloth, and taking a step back. The girl at this time grabs the fabric with her right hand. So that she can do this secretly from the audience, the assistant must wrap the top corner of the fabric just before the moment when the girl takes it.
5. Note. All these movements (stages 3 and 4) should be carried out in one or two seconds and naturally, smoothly move into the movements of the next stage.
6. As soon as the girl has grasped the fabric, the assistant quickly and quietly leaves the scene through the doorway.
7. The moment the assistant is out the door, the girl starts wrapping herself in the cloth until she is close to you.
8. Note. The audience should get the impression that the assistant took a step behind the fabric and immediately began to wrap himself in it.
9. Now go around the mummy and grab the free end of the fabric with your hand. At this point, the audience doesn't know what the outcome of your actions will be, so play out the situation as fully as you can.
10. Begin to unfold the drapery slowly at first, then faster, until the turn of the last movement comes. With a wave of welcome, you finally remove the drapery, which falls to the floor, and a beautiful girl appears before the audience.
You will make the performance even more spectacular if the assistant manages to return. This means that, after leaving the room, the assistant must run around the house and enter the hall from the other side. If the layout of the house allows this, then the assistant will simply take his place in the hall. The audience will not notice the appearance of another spectator, as it will be absorbed in what is happening on the stage. Then the assistant starts to applaud the most energetically, and the audience will be even more amazed to see and know who is leading the applause!
Author: Mark Wilson
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